Cuff and collar fastener



(No Model.)

J. M. WILLIAMS.

CUFF AND UOLLAR 'EASTENER.

No. 273,656. Patented M21126, 1883'.

\A/ITRIEEISES INVEIJTUR NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN M. WILLIAMS, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

CUFF AND COLLAR FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 273,656, dated March 6, 1883.

Application filed July 31. 1882.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN M. WILLIAMS, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Oufi' and Collar Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the fastening of collars on the neckband of a shirt, and to the fastening of cutt's on the wristband of a shirt over the buttons on said bands, so that the cuff or collar will not be torn in fastening, nor become loose and unfasten.

In order to describe my invention and its construction, operation, and use, I will refer to the drawings furnished herewith and the figures and letters thereon, similar letters of reference in each figure. indicating like parts of the invention.

Figure 1 in said drawings represents a perspective view of said invention. Fig.2 represents a vertical sectional view, and Fig. 3 represents the operation and use of said invention as applied to the neck or wrist. band and collar or cuff.

The invention as constructed consists ofa thin circular plate, A,'in which there. is a narrow slot, B, terminating near the center of the plate in a round hole. Secured to the plate, on each side of its upper surface, and at right angles to the direction ofthe slot, is the upwardcurving bridge U. Projecting from the bridge 0 at its center directly over the slot B, and running in the same direction as the slot, is the arm I), which is flexible and has a small knob, E, on the lower side of its outward extremity. The shank F is secured to the center of the bridge 0 at its under side, and to the (N0 model.)

bar G at its upper side. The bar G is joined in its center to the shank F, and runs at right angles to the bridge 0. One end of the bar G is curved downward, and there are three small knobs on the upper surface of the bar Gr, one at each extremity and one in the center over the shank. I

The operation and use of the invention are as follows: The plate A passes under the button H and over the band 1, the thread of the button passing through the slot B until it is in the circular hole in the center of the plate, the button then being under the center of the bridge 0. The flexible arm 1) is then bent downward, holding the fastener in place and preventing the button from slipping through the slot. The bar G then passes through the button-hole in the cuffor collar J, and the fastener is turned so that the bar G is at right angles With the length of the button-hole, the end curving downward holding the fastener securely and firmly in its place. The three knobs on the bar G are for convenience in turning the fastener to its proper position on the collar or cufl".

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The fastener consisting of the circular plate provided with a radial slot, the curved bridge on which is mounted the short shank F, the slotted arm, it embracing said shank. and the flexible arm D, all constructed and adapted to operate as set forth.

JOHN M. WILLIAMS.

Witnesses:

GEORGE E. RICE, DAVID SMITH. 

